Letters: Manitowoc City Hall art is fantastic

Of all the items in my admittedly fabulous wardrobe, I take particular pride in my Gucci loafers — I wouldn’t be caught comatose without them.

I even have a member of my household staff whose sole — how fitting is that? — duty is to maintain my ever-expanding collection.

Last week at City Hall, I had the oddest — and yet most wonderful — experience as I walked near the treasurer’s office. There on the wall were the most beautiful works of fine art I’ve ever seen. They’re stunning. They knocked my socks off.

So there I stood, my lower jaw almost down to my belt line, with naked feet in a precious pair of $500 calfskins — pedigreed calves, of course. I panicked because I never, ever want to “sweat them up.”

Thank goodness I always carry a pair of Gootees — Austrian wool-pedigreed sheep — just in case I ever encounter a puddle at a curb and there’s no Girl or Boy Scout to carry me over it.

You must go to see these gorgeous expressions of photographic art. Manitowoc native Bill Pohlmann — and are we ever lucky and proud that he still thinks of our Lakeshore as “home” — has created these beauties, which by themselves are dazzling photographs. Then, in a special process called “giclée on canvas,” each one is transformed into what looks like a magnificent oil painting.

I’ve never seen anything like it. I’m so enchanted I’m planning a rummage sale to dump my four Renoirs, three Cézannes and two Rembrandts and “A Partridge in a Pear Tree” — that’s actually an Audubon print — and starting my Pohlmann collection.

Bill’s work runs for a limited time, so please hurry. If I get the OK, I’ll be honored to be your doorman.

Be prepared to gasp — and not just because of City Hall’s high front steps.